I’ve been fortunate to make the acquaintance of and work
with Cynthia Woolf. I think I’ve read each of her books and can hardly wait to
dive into the latest in her Brides of San Francisco Series, SOPHIA. I hope you’ll
enjoy learning about this book and will purchase it, too.
SOPHIA Synopsis:
Working long hours in a New York City bakery is not at all
what Sophia Hayes had planned for her life. When her fiancé breaks their
engagement her to marry her thinner, blonder, more beautiful sister, Sophia
knows it is time to do something drastic, something completely unexpected. All
she's ever wanted is to have a husband and family of her own. Agreeing to be a
mail-order bride seems the perfect answer.
Robert Langley has been a sailor his entire life. As Captain
of the Sapphire of India, his last cargo made him a very wealthy man, but his
time at sea cost him much. His wife was killed in an accident while running
away with another man leaving him a widower with four young children who barely
recognize their own father. A mail-order bride seems to be the ideal solution.
He simply needs a willing woman to warm his bed and a compassionate woman to
raise his children. Love is not an option.
Sophia's sister is
not content to leave well enough alone. When her husband dies unexpectedly, she
makes her way to San Francisco to do what she has always done...take what she
wants. And the moment she sets eyes on her sister's new family, what she wants
is Robert Langley.
Sophia has always believed her stunning, talented sister
deserved the best in life. But this time Sophia is in love, and she's not going
to surrender without a fight.
SOPHIA Excerpt:
Robert Langley stood in the lobby, waiting for Miss
Sophia Hayes, the woman who would be his bride and the mother to his four
children. And they definitely needed a mother. From the stories his own mother
told him, his wife Marybeth hadn’t cared much for the children since baby Harry
was borne. Robert Jr., tried to take care of the younger children—Rachel, Sara
and Harry. Rachel wouldn’t have any of it and was likely to be the toughest on
a new mother because she’d taken to mothering Sara and Harry. He wasn’t sure
how easy it would be to wrest that responsibility from her. He hoped Miss Hayes
was up to the task.
Movement on the staircase caught
his attention and Robert looked up as a woman appeared. She was a vision in
purple. A lovelier sight he hadn’t seen in a long time. She had raven black
hair, pale skin and was curvaceous. He loved women who looked like women.
The woman started toward him. A
child of about three was running in the lobby laughing at his parents trying to
catch him. He tripped and fell in front of the woman. He started crying. She
picked up the child, soothed him, brushing his tears away. His mother stopped
and reached for the child. The woman in purple smiled and talked to him for a
moment before letting him go. Then she began walking again…toward Robert.
No, she
couldn’t be. He couldn’t be that lucky, could he?
“Mr. Langley?”
“Yes, I’m Robert Langley,” he
told the vision with the voice of an angel.
“I’m Sophia Hayes.”
“I’m pleased to meet you Miss
Hayes. My carriage is waiting if you’re ready to go to dinner.”
“Certainly.”
He held out his arm to escort
her to his carriage.
She daintily placed her hand in
the crook of his elbow.
He put his hand on top of hers,
wishing she were not wearing gloves and that he could feel her skin, soft and warm
against his bare hand.
“You look quite charming, Miss
Hayes.”
“Thank you. That’s kind of you
to say.”
“There is nothing kind about the
truth.”
She blushed prettily.
He hadn’t thought she could get
any more beautiful, but when she blushed, the color was not just in her face but
her neck and chest, too. He wondered if she blushed all over and what he
wouldn’t give to find out.
“I’ve a favorite restaurant to
take you to. It’s called Cliff House and it sits above the city on a cliff.
Obvious name, but wonderful cuisine. The ride is about thirty minutes, so we’ll
have a chance to get to know each other a little.”
“That sounds delightful.”
He helped her into the carriage
and as much as he wanted to sit by her and perhaps kiss her, he took the seat
across from her. He would restrain himself until after they were married. Soon.
They would be married soon.
Amazon buy links:
E-book https://www.amazon.com/Sophia-Brides-San-Francisco-Book-ebook/dp/B01HQTWDDY?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc
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| Author Cynthia Woolf |
Their closest neighbor was one quarter of a mile away, so her little brother was her playmate and her best friend. That fierce friendship lasted until his death in 2006.
Cynthia was and is an avid reader. Her mother was a librarian and brought new books home each week. This is where young Cynthia first got the storytelling bug. She wrote her first story at the age of ten. A romance about a little boy she liked at the time.
Cynthia loves writing and reading romance. Her first western romance TAME A WILD HEART, was inspired by the story her mother told her of meeting Cynthia’s father on a ranch in Creede, Colorado. Although TAME A WILD HEART takes place in Creede, that is the only similarity between the stories. Her father was a cowboy not a bounty hunter and her mother was a nursemaid (called a nanny now), not the ranch owner.
Cynthia
credits her wonderfully supportive husband Jim and the great friends she's made
at CRW for saving her sanity and allowing her to explore her creativity.
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